Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
B.C. Conservative leader Findlay retains former rival Milobar in shadow cabinet
VICTORIA - New B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has kept former rival Peter Milobar and his supporters in her shadow cabinet, a day after installing a caucus leadership team that skewed to...
Jun 30, 2026 B.C. Conservative MLA Peter Milobar speaks during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
RCMP looking for person of interest after suspicious June 19 house fire in Brocklehurst
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in identifying a person of interest in relation to a suspicious house fire from earlier this month.RCMP say officers were called to the 2400-block of ...
Jun 30, 2026 Kamloops RCMP have released this picture of a person of interest after a suspicious fire damaged a house in the 2400-block of Young Avenue on June 19. (Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP)
City of Kamloops releases details about Canada Day 2026 festivities at Riverside Park
KAMLOOPS - It's full steam ahead for the City of Kamloops as it prepares to mark Canada Day with a series of events at Riverside Park. The festivities will get underway with the Lions Club pancake bre...
Jun 30, 2026 (Image Credit: CFJC Today/File Photo)
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Nicola, South Thompson and Fraser Canyon
KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 5:50 p.m.): The severe thunderstorm watch has been lifted for the Fraser Canyon and the Nicola areas.It is still in effect for the South Thompson region.More information can be foun...
Jun 30, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Build Kamloops projects eligible for federal infrastructure funding, city says
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says its ambitious Build Kamloops initiative aligns with the criteria for a new federal infrastructure funding stream.That's according to Communications Supervisor Quin...
Jun 30, 2026 A rendering of the arena multiplex in Dufferin. (Image Credit: Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd.)
Blazers pick Russian defenceman, forward from Kazakhstan in CHL Import Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers selected twice in the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday [June 30]. Kamloops picked left-shot defenceman Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov of Yekaterinburg, Russia, 39th overall in R...
Jun 30, 2026 Blazers pick twice. (Image Credit: CHL)
Last call for participant registrations at 2026 BC 55+ Games in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Time is running out for interested participants to register for the 2026 55+ BC Games in Kamloops.Organizers say participant registration closes Tuesday June 30, with the games set to run b...
Jun 30, 2026 Diane Murphy, the President of the BC Seniors Games Society, at a torchlighting ceremony at Riverside Park on June 12, 2026. (Image Credit: 55+ BC Games/Contributed)
One youth killed, another injured in crash near Lumby
LUMBY, B.C. - A youth was killed after being hit by a vehicle near Lumby.Police responded to a rural property near the North Okanagan community for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian at around...
Jun 30, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
First-round pick Hurlbert reflects on NHL Draft experience
KAMLOOPS - The Detroit Red Wings picked J.P. Hurlbert in Round 1 of the NHL Draft on Friday [June 26] in Buffalo, New York. Hurlbert excelled last season with the Kamloops Blazers, leading all WHL roo...
Jun 29, 2026 J.P. Hurlbert and friends at the NHL Draft in Buffalo, New York. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Miles For Smiles Cancer Foundation Colour Run crosses finish line for fifth year
KAMLOOPS - A group of children and a mascot shark led the way at the fifth annual Miles For Smiles Cancer Foundation Colour Run on Sunday (June 28) at Riverside Park. "To see it grow into what it is t...
Jun 29, 2026 POWDER PEOPLE. (Image Credit: Soniea Hastings)
